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Jinn VENiENT SUPPMNIEliT*-.1.
• icka to Ora.tre it, according to .
Ortho's 'The World of
Toes." •91.11)'' f9r .be,auty's
SAO, but..to balance the top
of the young, tree witlt.i0 X.g• "
tinged root syatem„.
HOWtO
Whether tbeY're Maiesti-
callY tali and finPosing, or
short, „sprightly and
sassy—wbether they pro --
duce, sweetly-perfurried
floWers, or lusciouS7thstiOg
,fruit--alltrees baYe their
own Personality, and can add
scirnething SPecial to the
landscape,
So, it's important to select
a tree carefully tO Mae. SOre.
it will create the picture you
have in mind, And, it's even tioned in the planting hole,
• more important to make Sure make sure that it's placed at
YOU Plant them correctly, or
the same depth' at which it
you'll end up with no picture . origitiallygrew which will be
at al!, accOrding to the new .
iev dent ft- om tbe soil -stained_ „
:10rl1eeltso.,b, cook, "The WOrld Of ring at the base ofits ltrunk•
Jf you're careless, you'll Then, work 2 cor 3 shovel -
probably have to bury YOur , fuls of "'ma ZOne soil under-
-
t)beforede t the,: and around the roots to elim-
chance to plantit! Most trees inate air Pockets in the plant -
are watered every, day, While ing hole,
the bottom of the hole to
allow for root Penetraticih
and better drainage—then,
title the hole vvitli 4 to Oodles
"transition soil,"
• Next, using the "Not
gone". SQi6 make a cone-
shaped ,Mou,nd direetlYR
top of tne '7transition
and set the iroOts of your tree.
over this mouad.
Now that your tree is poSi-
at. the nursery, and they _
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sideration once you' bring Y°u'll have to stake your tree
them home.' for suPPort. Simply `drive a
wiaeii you're ready to .stake that's anProXimatelY 2
Plant, prepare a hole at least inches wide, 2 inches thick,
12 inches wider and,6 inches and about 6 to 8 feet loos,
deeper than the spread and i , nto the Soil about6 inches n
• depth of yoUr tree's- root
systein. ,
• –While digging, set aside the
top 6- inches of soil in; one
pile, and most of the subsoil
• in another; thenplacethelast
few shovelfuls of soil into a
• third pile which will later be
used for building a dike
around a watering basin.
The next step is to mix
"root zone" soil for your tree
by combining equal parts of .
organic matter; like mois-
tened peatmoss, with the top
soil' You have saved. YQ11• -
must also mix a "transition
• soi1,v.using�ne part organic
matter to four parts of sub-
,
. Before -adding any of the
. .
mixtures, loosen the sou in
a• tree:
away from the trunk,'On
side Of the preVailing Mad.
Then, On the rest of the hole.
Build a watering basin With
*he sell you've saved byp1.a9,
ing a dike 4 to 5 incheS•high in
circleZfo fleet away ftera
•the tree trunk,
FinailV,_secure your tree to
the make by threading a 12- .
gauge wire through short
length of garden hose and
• twisting the wire ar4titnithe
trunk of the tree and the stake
• already placed, in the fOrIllof
•A fijore 8.
." Now that your tree is se,
cutely planted. it's a geed
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